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A school closure cliff is coming. Black and Hispanic students are likely to bear the brunt

The Hechinger Report

More than one million students nationwide did not return to public school after the pandemic. Some enrolled at private schools, others began homeschooling, and still others seemingly disappeared , according to Thomas S. Dee, a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education. on Sunday evening, July 23, 2023.

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COLUMN: Conservatives are embracing new alternative school models. Will the public?

The Hechinger Report

Valles was among the enthusiastic would-be innovators and entrepreneurs I met at least week’s Harvard Kennedy School conference, Emerging School Models: Moving From Alternative to Mainstream. John Bailey, Daniel Buck and Joel Rose talk about AI in education at a Harvard Kennedy School conference.

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